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E. l. G. PHILLIPS..

DOOR LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION msn ocr. a. 191s.

Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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L1. G. PHILLIPS. DOOR LOCKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION'FVILED OCT. 3. l9l8.

Patented Oct. 7, 1919.

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ELLISJ. Gr. PHILLIPS, OF ARORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORLKTO RICHARDS-WILCOXMANU- FAGTURING- COMPANY, 0F AURORA, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OEILLINOIS.i

:Doon-LOCKING nnvicn.

Tofall whom t mag/concern.' i f Be it known that I, ELLIS IG. PHILLIPS,a citizen of the United States, Land a resident of Aurora; in thecountyA of Kane andA State of Illinois,ihave invented certain'newanduseful Improvements in Door-LockingDevices, ,of which lthe following'isa specification', reference being` had to the accompanyinO drawings.

.f his invention-relates Vto that type of locking mechanism for doorscomprising j two bolts thatV are simultaneously projected :in oppositedirections by the turning of a handle member with which said bolts areconnected, such projection of the boltslcausing a locking of the dooraty opposite. points thereon. The invention has for its objects toprovide a sectional construction of bolt that will enable its beingpromptly and readily applied. to a door regardless of the heightthereof; to provide a construction. of operating means for the lockingbolts that can be applied without change to doors of varying thicknessesand can be locked when so applied to prevent the withdrawal of the boltsafter theyl have been projectedinto door-securing position; and toimprove generally devices of this general type. I attain these objectsby the means shown in the drawings and hereinafter described; That whichI believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pair ofswinging doors to one ofwhich is applied my improvements;

Fig. 1a is a perspective view of the upper one of vthe adjustable platemembers of the sectional locking bolt, the view showing tne y vation ofthat portion of the mechanism y I pivotally attached one end of anarmvZOand ing in which such means are housedbeing broken awa-yv and theoperating handle and the nut that secures the' same in place on the fshaft being' removed;

Fig. `s a detail showing' the position of .the bolt-projecting meanswhen the bolts have been moved into lockingposition;

Specificationof Letters Patent.

f Fig. 5 is a vertical central section .through the parts shown in Fig.butv with some.

parts in elevation; Y.

Fig. 6 is a perspective. view oftheboltoperatingl handle upon theoutside-.ofthe 'door' and the member that 'isi connected to such handlelandfpasses through the lock on Patented ont.V 7.1919.

Application filed October 3, 1918. Serial No. 256,694. i i i and partlyin verticali sectionof the means drawal,y after they have `been.projected into door-,locking` position; a portion of the front forlocking the ldoor-bolts` against with- 'v plate of thelock-casing beingbroken away; y

and;

lFigs. 9 and 10 are sections taken at the f Referring Vto thej severalfigures of the drawings,-A andB indicate two ordinary hingeddoors thattogether are adapted to closegan opening in the wall of a building. Y

A portion of the doorway frame is shown7 the upright member ,beingindicated by C land, the upper cross-'barvby D. To one of through anopening ina face plate 16 secured` to the door. Upon such projectingconstruction shown, two plates or disks 17 secured together but held ata distance from each other by means of two oppositely-located rivets-18#19. Tov thek rivet 19 is to-therivet 18 is pivotally attachedone endofa similarv arm 21. When the Vshaft 15 is` rocked,ashereinafterdescribed, it will', of

Y. course, cause a turning of the plates or disks that are mountedthereon and thus cause the said arms. 20-21 to move from or toward eachother accordingly asth'e locking bolts carried by them are tol be movedintojor withdrawn from door securing position. In Fig. 3 the are shown;as reylines 9,-9 and 10- 10-l respectively of Fig..2.

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'end of the shaft there are mounted, in the A tracted, whilein'. Fig. 4theyfare shown as extended, and it will be noted that the pivots` 18 andV19 pass slightlyY beyond the axis o the boltwsoY as to insure the partsbeing rej tained in position. The inner ends of these arms 20-21 are soshaped that, .When the arms are in their retracted position shown inFig. 3. practically the entire spacebetween the plates or disks will beoccupied by such inner portions of the arms. v

. To each of the arms 20-21 is secured a locking bolt adapted to engagein sockets V.formed 'respectively in thel upperA frame Vthersocketplatein the Vupper Vpart of the fframework being kindicated by'aand that .i in the floor byo. The vlocking bolt member member of thedoorway and in the floor. Such securing sockets are-shown in Fig'l,

that is secured to the arm Y20 is in the construction shown formed. ofla number of sections. The section immediately connected 1 with the arm20 is indicated by 22. Its in- Y 'curing theA parts 20 and-22 together.j indicates another bolt section similar to 22Y k ner end is reduced indiameter as clearly shown in Fig. 5, and such reduced end car- A ries astud 23 securely aflixed thereto, whichY stud projects through anopening in the outer end of thearm 20, thus pivotally seand connected tothe section 22 by a nut 25 screwed upon the adjacentends of suchsections 22 and 24,1 and 26 indicates still another section secured inlike manner to thel Y' adjacent end Vof the section 24 by a nut 27."The, outermost section of the upper bolt is indicated generally by 2 8vand it comprises [a sheet-metal part and a' cylindrical plug rivetedl,or otherwise firmly secured thereto.

The' vsheet metalvpartis formed of a flat strip having anoutwardly-bowed semi-cylindricaly central channel 29 adapted to overliethe upperbolt section 26, the portions'of the :sheet'at the vsides ofsuch channel 29 ex- :tending laterally therefrom in thesame plane andforming what may be 4termed wings and which are designated-as 29a. At

regular intervals openings 30 are formed at opposite sides of thesemi-cylindrical raised portion 29 so that bypassing `a' pin 31 lthroughany pair oi such openings andV through an opening in the upperv member26 oflthe sectional bolt the'plate member 28and the member 26 may besecured together in any adjusted position. The lower 55.v i bestshowninFig. 1a, toprovide. an extenf sion of the Vchannel 28, suchextension being end of the plate kmember 28 is shaped, as

Y j indicated-by 32. The edges .of thiscurved ,extensionproject' alittle beyond the face d'V "space slightly less than the diameter of thevrod section 26 of the bolt andhence a little of the lateral vwings 29,aand thusl leave a force ifsrequired to press such extension intoplaceupon the cylindrical lrod member,

detailed description.

{butwhen theV rod-member` has "been forced in between the sides of theextension 32 such extension acts as a clip to hold the two Y.

.partstogether at that point.` 1 On the upper the door A. near thevupper part of the'door and opposite the plate member 28. .It is securedin place by means of screws passing end portions 33 and 32,respectively, of the plate member 28 and while holding suchV platemember in place Ypermit it .to have the limited vertical movementrequired to draw the stud34'out of or'project it into "the socket intheupper: frame ofthe doorl way. kThese clips form stops against whichthe ends ofthe wings 29aabut and hence regulate the extent to which theplate memv-ber can be moved. As shown, the plate 36 has its centralportion raised so that its wings'29a bear' lightly against such raisedportion.

To the lower end of the'arm 21 is secured the upper arm, and onl suchYstud 23a is mounted a dependingboltsection 22a corresponding to theboltV section 22. As Vthe distance fromthe actuating shaft 15 tothelower edge of the door is less than the distance from such shaft to theupper edge of the door I have, in the construction shown, omitted a boltsection such as 24. and have connected vthe bolt section 22a directly toVa bolt section 26'CL that corresponds to thebolt section 26, suchconnectionfofjthe two parts being by means of a nut 27a. lTo thislowerVAthrough the turned Vends of clips 37 and-38, Vrespectively, which clipsextend .lover the a stud 23a corresponding to thestud23 on` Y boltsection is attached an adjustable'y plate section indicated by28a andwhich is'. in ,all respects Vconstructed and arran'oed'as is the platesection 28, and hence neec s no further The parts that correspond to theparts already: described are indicated'in like manner but with theaddition of the lettera. f

Many door structuresV will be of suoli height that eveni'n lconnectionwith the upper part of the door securing mechanism the Y section 24 ofthebolt may be omitted as is the case with the 'lowerpart, andtheseveral bolt sections may be ofvarious lengths as re-` quired f ordifferentvheights of doors. `Regardless of the number of sections ofwhich the locking bolt may be `composed it is evident by reason 'ofthewide, rangeofadjustability up and down of the'two lplate members.Q8-V28a that carry the projecting locking studs 9A-34a, respectively,the bolt as a whole can be properly applied and fitted to doors varyingto aconsiderable extent in height,"and'when a door' havingu'nusualheight is to be tted out with' suoli mechanism that can be readily donewithout any change whatever inY the niechanism` other than inserting anadditional bolty sectionsections together. v

In addition to providing a constructionL ot locking bolt that will adaptit to be readily and properly applied to Vvdoors or varying heights itis very desirable also'that means be provided for adapting to doorsofdifferent thicknesses the devices through which such bolts are projectedinto and retracted from their sockets, for it is of course tobeunderstood that such operating means must pass through a door so thatoperation of the bolts can be had by a person at either side of thedoor. In connection with such bolt operating means it is necessary alsoin many circumstances to providea lock upon the outer face of the doorwhich will effectually prevent the 'bolts being retracted `from theirsockets unauthorized persons. Referring vnow tothe bolt operatingmeans-and the locking means mentioneCh-SQ indicates a recess cut in theouter tace of the door into which project-s a lock casing 40 whose taceplate 41 will have its marginal portion preferably flush with the outersurface of the door as shoi'vn, the lock casing as a whole being securedin place byl screws 42 as fshown.' Centrally through the front and urear walls ot the casing is a large circular opening 43 and opposite thesaid central openings in the front and' back walls of the ca'sing'isrotatably mounted a disk 44pmvided with an extension=-45 Through Vthisrotatable disk 44 isA a 'large rectangular shaped opening 46, into whichopening from the outer face of the lockproj ects a shank 47,

which, in the formof construction shown, Y

` (see Fig. 6), is formed of a single strip of metal'bent upon'itseltinto-the form of a yoke and having pivoted to it by a=pin48 formed' ot asingle piece'ot bent metal. The

tend for a considerable distance beyond the rear face of the lock case40and lie snugly aga-inst theside walls of the large rectangular opening46 in the disk 44. Fitted-'upon the projectingv ends ot the twoarmsotthe member 47 is a comparatively longhollow sleeve 50 having` asubstantially rectangular appearance in cross-section. "The arms of themember 47 lie against thesides of this' angular sleeve 50 and may besecuredlthereto byrivets or otherwise.v The ends ofthe arms ot themember 47 extend to substantially the farther end of' the sleeve andthereby lea-ve a central opening in such sleeve that is substantiallysquare in cross-section and that' is of a size to snugly receive the endof the square rock-shaft 15 before' reterredto. By reason of suchfitting kot the vshaft 15 in the sleevel it is evident that a turningotthe f 47 will correspondingly rock such shaft, and the rocking of'suchshaft will, of course, f

cause a projection or retract-ion of the sec-- tional locking bolts aswill be understood VSuch movement can be had while the members of thelocking mechanisml` contained in. the casing 40Y are in the positionshown in Vfull lines in Fig. 8, and the full lines 'therein v'such latchwill 'project over the lateralarm o'if the disk and prevent any rotarymovenient of the disk and consequently -preventing any turning of themember 47 or the` shaft 15. The lock is provided with spring pressedtumblers, one or" which is shown and indicated by 58, which must bemoved by a key' as 'usual before the latch vcan be moved ing movementover the liXed contacts.

54indicates a covering plate over the arms S30- 21 and the devicesimmediately connected therewith. Such covering plate' preferablyfoi-'med from 'a heavy, sheet of metal and provided with wide flanges soto have the face of the" plate stand out sufliciently to vform betweenit and the plate 1G Vagainst theu door a chamber in which the arms Q()and their immediate connectionsare housed. rlhe side flanges ot theplate incline'towaifd each other at the ends of the plate and at suchends the metal is bent into channel shape as at 55h/which channel shapedportions lie opposite channeled or grooved endk portions 56 in theplate'l, such opposed channel portions thus forming guides ini which thesections: ofv the-,holt that are connected withthe arms Yand 21respectively, can lbe recipro'cated.V 5 7' indicates a ring rotatablylmountedv in an opening formed 'in the Vcentral. portionof thev platev54,.through` which ring is an angular opening of a size and shape toreceive the shaft 15,such` ring kthus forming a rotatable bearing fortheshaftt Y When adoor-is to beequipped with my improved devices a Vrecess,39 in the-"front vface thereof will first be made to receive thelock'casing and the opening made leading Athrough the door from thecentral portion of such recess, as shown in Fig. 5., 'The lock casinglwill then be attached inV place andthe two armed shank 47 then forcedthroughv the rectangular opening 4 6n the disk Y45V after-[which the-angular sleeve 50 will be pushed uponand secured tosuch.

pieceof wire 58-bent around the shaft and restingin a shallow groove 58cut in the faces thereof. This-.piece of wire Vlies immediately behindtheplate ,1G- and thece'n- Y .tral portion of this plate is slightly.pressed out as shown and through an opening in which the shaft passesUpon the plate 16 being then secured in place the wire 58 attached tothe shaft l5 as explained will prevent withdrawal ofthe shaft. Therotatable vdisksV 17 with the arms 20 and Vill-attached thereto are thenplaced in position upon the shaft and the bolt sections 22`-and 22rLpivotally connected to Vsuch arms, respectively,

' and thereafter the inclosing plate 54 with its bearing ring 57 isslipped over the shaft,ithe

bearingringitself being held in place by reason of its headedv inner endbearing against the outermost'dislrl'?. The kplategis then to be.secured by screws as-shownin Fig. '8, which screws also Vpass throughthe plate 16 and secure it to the door. Upon the squared end portion ofthe shaft thatl projects beyond the plate 54is-mounted a handle 60 whichis held in place by a nut'l screwed l upon the threaded end oftheshaft.-V With stated a cylindrical bolt section 'such as .24 may becoupled to thesection 22'or22a, lbut section 28 may be properly adjustedupon a bolt section-that is connected b-y a nut to the section thatispivotally connected tol onev of the curved arms 20 or 21. Theseplatesections will, bythe means described, beadj usted to' approximatelytheeXact positionto V- have their locking studs'enter their respectivesockets, andfor a finer adjustment, in

form guides for said bolts.

Y order tohave the throw of the bolteXact-ly right,xresort Vwill .befVhad to the nuts that connect the cylindricalbolt sectionstogether.

What I claim asmy invention and desire Y to secure by VLetters Patent,is-

. l, The combination withadoor, of a horizjontal angularrock-.shaftconnected ytherewith and projecting therefrom, a pair ofoppositely-extending flocking. bolts, means on the projecting portion ofsaid rock-shaft for projecting and fretracting said bolts when the shaftis rocked, a coverl plate secured to the door: and forming a housingvYforv Vsaid bolt-( )peratingmeans, said housing having an openingthroughits wall for. the lpassage ofthe shaft,`and a bearing' for theshaft rotatablyy mounted .in suchopening.; .g f

2. The combination with a doorfjof a horizontal angular rock-shaftconnected therewith and projecting therefrom, a pair ofoppositelyextending locking bolts, means on the projecting portion' ofsaid rock-shaft for projecting and 'retracting said bolts when the shaftis rocl ed,a cover plate secured toY `the door .Y and 1 forming ahousingfor said bolt-operating means, said' housing having an openingthrough its wall Yfor thepassage of the shaft, and a bearing forv theshaft portions ofsaid housingbeing contracted to 3.'. The comb'nation.with a rotatably, mounted in such opening, the'end Y door, of a'rockshaft connected therewith and projecting therefrom, a sectionalbolt extending along one face of the ldoor,means connected withsaidjshaft and bolt for causing a longitudinal y.movement of the boltwhen the shaft is Y turned', said bolt comprising-arodmember and amember formed of a plate having an A outwardly-bowed',central portionfor receiv- A ing the rod member, and means for connectingy said twomembers together. yin vdifferent relative positions.

rock-shaft connectedZ therewith and projecting therefrom, a" sectionalbolt. :extending along one faceof the door, means, connected with saidshaft and bolt for causing a longi-V tudinal movementof the bolt whenthe shaft is turned, vsaid bolt comprising arod member and a memberformed of va plate having l an outwardly-bowed central portion forreceivingthe rod member andhaving lateral the parts so far referred toassembled as wings forming bearing surfaces, and means for connectingsaidtwo members together 1n different relative positions. v Y if not sorequired then the adjustable plateY along one faceof the door,means-,connected .with said shaft-and bolt -forcausing a lonrock-shaftconnected therewith and projecting therefrom, a sectional bolteXtendinggitudinalmovement of the bolt when the shaft is turned, saidybolt comprisingfa rod member and a member formedfofia Vplate having anoutwardly-bowed central yportion Y Cri for receiving the rod member, asocket-engaging stud secured at the outer end of said plate member, andmeans for connecting said two members together in different relative.positions.

6. The combination with a door, of a rock-shaft connected therewith andprojecting therefrom, a sectional bolt extending along one face of thedoor, means connected with said shaft and bolt for causing alongitudinal movement of the bolt when the shaft is turned, said boltcomprising a rod member and a member formed of a plate having anoutwardly-bowed central portion for receiving the rod member, lateralwings forming bearing surfaces, a cylindrical eX- tension at the outerend, a socket-engaging stud secured in such extension, and means forconnecting said two members together in different relative positions.

7. The combination with a door, of a rock-shaft connected therewith andprojecting therefrom, a sectional bolt extending along one face of thedoor, means connected with said shaft and bolt for causing alongitudinal movement of the bolt when the shaft is turned, said boltcomprising a rod member and a member formed of a plate having anoutwardly-bowed central portion for receiving the rod member, lateralwings forming bearing surfaces, an extension at the outer end, asocket-engaging stud secured to such extension, a curved extension atthe inner end forming a spring clip adapted to be sprung over and engagethe rod member,

and means for connecting said'two members together in different relativepositions.

8. .The ycombination with a door, of a rockshaft projecting beyond oneface of the door,

a pair of oppositely-projecting locking bolts,

means on said projecting portion of the rockshaft for projecting andretracting said bolts when the shaft is rocked, a rotatable shankextending into the door from the opposite side and having alongitudinally-movable but non-rotatable engagement with said shaft, andmeans for holding said shank and shaft from endwise movement.

9. The combination with a door, of a rockshaft projecting beyond oneface of the door, a pair of oppositely-projecting locking bolts, meanson said projecting portion of the rockdoor, a pair ofOppositely-projecting-locking j bolts,l means on said projecting portionof the rock-shaft for projecting and retracting said vbolts when theshaft is rocked, a rotatable shank extending into the door from theopposite side, a'sleeve connected with said shank and receiving theinner portion of said shaft, said shaft and sleeve having a sliding 'butknon-rotatable engagement with each other, and means for preventingwith# drawal of the shaft from the sleeve.

ll. The combination with Aa door, of an angular rock-shaft projectingbeyond one face of the door, a pair of oppositely-projecting lockingbolts, means on said projecting portion of the rock-shaft for projectingand retracting said bolts when the shaft is rocked, a rotatableJ shankextending into the doorfrom the opposite side, said shank comprising twoarms spaced apart, a sleeve into which said arms extend and into whichthe shaft also eXtends, said shaft lying between said` arms, and meansfor preventing withdrawal of the shaft from the sleeve.

l2. The combination with a door, of a casingV containing lockingmechanism secured to one face of the door and'compris ing. a rotatablemember having an opening therethrough, a shank extending through saidcasing and said rotatable member and engaging the latter to cause aturning thereof when the shank is turned, key-operated means in saidcasing for locking said rotatable member against movement, a rockshaftnon-rotatably but slidingly connected with the inner portion of saidshank, means for preventing withdrawal of the shaft from its connectionwith the` shank, a pair of oppositely projecting locking bolts, andmeans carried by the shaft and connected with said bolts for projectingand retracting the bolts.

ELLIS J. Gr. PHILLIPS.

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